Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion

1:00 pm

Mr. Brian Power:

It is across all the areas. Disputes regarding means over the limit obviously have the highest rate of appeal. People will contest means and whether means have been counted in or out. The other area, which has been pointed out by Senator O'Donnell, concerns the repeat period, which also has an extremely high rate of appeal. Other areas include applications for the special rate of grant, which is very often a function of means over the limit; documentation not received; postgraduate funding; and distance criteria.